In a less puzzling pairing of director and material than the below, Michael Apted — whose innovative Up series has charted the fate of fantastical adolescent imagination on the shoals of adulthood — has been inked to helm the third Chronicles of Narnia film, according to Screen International. The awfully titled The Voyage of the Dawn Treader will start shooting in 2008, to be released on May 1, 2009. Apted is at his core a dramatic filmmaker, a humanistic explorer of interstitial greys, but he also knows a thing or three about huge franchises, having helmed The World Is Not Enough. He should be a good caretaker of the series, as well as a guy who can put a bit of a spin on things. Mark Johnson and Andrew Adamson, who directed the first two installments, will serve as producers for Walden Media/Walt Disney Productions project.